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Ideas for 'The Rationality of Science', 'Potentiality' and 'Of liberty, Fate and God's grace'

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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 1. Observation

3858	A full understanding of 'yellow' involves some theory [Newton-Smith]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 5. Anomalies

3862	All theories contain anomalies, and so are falsified! [Newton-Smith]

3863	The anomaly of Uranus didn't destroy Newton's mechanics - it led to Neptune's discovery [Newton-Smith]

3864	Anomalies are judged against rival theories, and support for the current theory [Newton-Smith]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

3865	Why should it matter whether or not a theory is scientific? [Newton-Smith]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

3866	If theories are really incommensurable, we could believe them all [Newton-Smith]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation

19018

Explanations by disposition are more stable and reliable than those be external circumstances [Vetter]

19020

Grounding is a kind of explanation, suited to metaphysics [Vetter]